Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[smellan]

Hi everyone,

Can you experts please check this itinerary and just confirm it meets the OWA requirements. I have been playing around with options for 12months and I am at the stage where I can’t see for looking now!


SIN to Helsinki then Rome- stop one
Rome back to Helsinki then Singapore then onto Darwin and Cairns stop two
Cairns to Fiji stop 3
Fiji to Vancouver stop 4
San fran to fiji and to cairns stop 5 and end.

Using Finnair, Fiji airways and Qantas.

I have been doing a few dummy runs but havnt managed to get all flights in one booking to check whether it caps out in the points.

Plan on trying to get all of the booking done prior to the Aug 5 changes and then just change some of the later flights after Aug 5th.

Any advice, feedback much appreciated.

Thank you
Sarah

 

[nickfromeastryde]

Hi everyone,

Can you experts please check this itinerary and just confirm it meets the OWA requirements. I have been playing around with options for 12months and I am at the stage where I can’t see for looking now!


SIN to Helsinki then Rome- stop one
Rome back to Helsinki then Singapore then onto Darwin and Cairns stop two
Cairns to Fiji stop 3
Fiji to Vancouver stop 4
San fran to fiji and to cairns stop 5 and end.

Using Finnair, Fiji airways and Qantas.

I have been doing a few dummy runs but havnt managed to get all flights in one booking to check whether it caps out in the points.

Plan on trying to get all of the booking done prior to the Aug 5 changes and then just change some of the later flights after Aug 5th.

Any advice, feedback much appreciated.

Thank you
Sarah

Can't return to Singapore mid trip and I'm not sure you can book Fiji Airways as yet. Also, can't have two stopovers in Cairns

 

[elanshin]

Hi everyone,

Can you experts please check this itinerary and just confirm it meets the OWA requirements. I have been playing around with options for 12months and I am at the stage where I can’t see for looking now!


SIN to Helsinki then Rome- stop one
Rome back to Helsinki then Singapore then onto Darwin and Cairns stop two
Cairns to Fiji stop 3
Fiji to Vancouver stop 4
San fran to fiji and to cairns stop 5 and end.

Using Finnair, Fiji airways and Qantas.

I have been doing a few dummy runs but havnt managed to get all flights in one booking to check whether it caps out in the points.

Plan on trying to get all of the booking done prior to the Aug 5 changes and then just change some of the later flights after Aug 5th.

Any advice, feedback much appreciated.

Thank you
Sarah

Can't return to Singapore on your return from rome > Helsinki. .
Fiji airways is not on Qantas' OWA yet so you can't use them just yet (eventually it would be possible but no timeline on when yet).

 

[Captain Halliday]

So not able to go back to an airport you have already gone through right? Even if its just a segment and not there for more than 24 hours?

Incorrect.

The rules are spelled out in the article in post #1 of the thread.

 

[smellan]

Can't return to Singapore mid trip and I'm not sure you can book Fiji Airways as yet. Also, can't have two stopovers in Cairns

But if I just transit SIN on the way back? it’s not a stop? And hmmm on Cairns. I will have a think.
Are there any set dates yet for FJ I thought I read June? If so that would work for my booking dates

 

[nickfromeastryde]

But if I just transit SIN on the way back? it’s not a stop? And hmmm on Cairns. I will have a think.
Are there any set dates yet for FJ I thought I read June? If so that would work for my booking dates

You are not permitted to return to your original country of departure.

 

[Captain Halliday]

But if I just transit SIN on the way back?

Still no.

it’s not a stop? And

It’s a return to your point of departure and will terminate the award.

Post automatically merged: Yesterday at 10:27 PM

You are not permitted to return to your original country of departure.

Incorrect.

You are not allowed to depart your country of origin a second time.

 

[nickfromeastryde]

Still no.

It’s a return to your point of departure and will terminate the award.

Post automatically merged: Yesterday at 10:27 PM

Incorrect.

You are not allowed to depart your country of origin a second time.

We will just have to agree to disagree however take note of the second last bullet point from page 1 of this thread.

"Oneworld Classic Flight Reward routing requirements​

These are the basic criteria for any Oneworld Classic Flight Reward itinerary:

• Up to 5 stopovers
• Up to 35,000 total miles flown
• Up to 16 total flight sectors (maximum 10 if you want to book on the Qantas website)

There are a few other rules that you also need to follow:

• Maximum of 1 stopover (over 24 hours) and two transits (up to 24 hours) per city
• You cannot stop over in the country where you start your trip mid-way through the itinerary (only at the start or end)
• Surface sectors are allowed, and count as one stopover, but the distance between the two airports counts towards your total limit. Although there is no published limit, Qantas seems to allow up to 2 surface sectors per itinerary."

 

[Scottt]

If one of your segment flights is in economy, are you able to upgrade at the gate or online? Its the last flight/segment on the last leg.

Thanks in advance

 

[smellan]

Still no.

It’s a return to your point of departure and will terminate the award.

Post automatically merged: Yesterday at 10:27 PM

Incorrect.

You are not allowed to depart your country of origin a second time.

Hmmm thank you! Glad I asked! I already know this will be hard work to book based on the feedback on this forum with the call centre!
Will have a re think. Would be keen to know when FJ is coming on board. Any ideas? surely it must be soon!

 

[smellan]

We will just have to agree to disagree however take note of the second last bullet point from page 1 of this thread.

"Oneworld Classic Flight Reward routing requirements​

These are the basic criteria for any Oneworld Classic Flight Reward itinerary:

• Up to 5 stopovers
• Up to 35,000 total miles flown
• Up to 16 total flight sectors (maximum 10 if you want to book on the Qantas website)

There are a few other rules that you also need to follow:

• Maximum of 1 stopover (over 24 hours) and two transits (up to 24 hours) per city
• You cannot stop over in the country where you start your trip mid-way through the itinerary (only at the start or end)
• Surface sectors are allowed, and count as one stopover, but the distance between the two airports counts towards your total limit. Although there is no published limit, Qantas seems to allow up to 2 surface sectors per itinerary."

So based on that any surface sectors are an extra stop??? I was aware that the distance between were added to the total km. but didn’t realise if we departed from a different airport than what we landed we got penalised also as a stop.

 

[Captain Halliday]

We will just have to agree to disagree however take note of the second last bullet point from page 1 of this thread.

"Oneworld Classic Flight Reward routing requirements​

These are the basic criteria for any Oneworld Classic Flight Reward itinerary:

• Up to 5 stopovers
• Up to 35,000 total miles flown
• Up to 16 total flight sectors (maximum 10 if you want to book on the Qantas website)

There are a few other rules that you also need to follow:

• Maximum of 1 stopover (over 24 hours) and two transits (up to 24 hours) per city
• You cannot stop over in the country where you start your trip mid-way through the itinerary (only at the start or end)
• Surface sectors are allowed, and count as one stopover, but the distance between the two airports counts towards your total limit. Although there is no published limit, Qantas seems to allow up to 2 surface sectors per itinerary."

It’s unclear to me what part of my post you disagree with.

Here’s the relevant clause (my bolding):

14.4.3 A one way oneworld Classic Flight Reward Itinerary will be charged as a return Itinerary.

So when you return to your point of origin, the award terminates.

 

[FlyingFiona]

We will just have to agree to disagree ...

Well, to be pedantic, you actually said ...

You are not permitted to return to your original country of departure.

Of course you are permitted to return to your original country of departure. Most people end their OWA in this way .